Seed rack



Patented May 3l, 1927.

l Unire@ srrf Enwiiv A. LUTHER, oF Los ANGELES, oALiroiaiviA-y SEEDRACK.

Application led April 27, 1925. Serial No. 26,003.

This invention relates to display racks and is one adapted to retainsmall packages, particularly seed packets or the like.

An object of the invention is to provide a display rack for smallpackages which will enable the packages to be held in proper dis playposition regardless of the number of packages remaining in a holder atany time.

A further object is to conserve space by permitting increase in thenumber of dis-` plays wit-hin a unit of Space. andhthereby to increasethe display value of a unit of space.

Briefly, the invention comprises a primary holder or rack looselymounted in apertures provided in a base or back and a secondary holdersimilarly carried in said back. The primary holder may be usedindependently, the same beingprovided with legs which enter certain ofsaid apertures to serve to retain the holder in position and areproperly spaced to receive and` retain the packets. The secondary holderwhen used7 is positioned within thefconfmes of the primary holder, thelegs thereof which enter. other apertures serving` as supports orpositioning means 'for packets also held within the primary holder. Thissecondary holder may be employed to display another variety of articlewhich may be contained in packages of the same r different sizes fromthose held in the primary holder.

The invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination of partsand In the features of construction herein disclose@L and illustrated byway of example in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the pri mary and secondary holders;

Figure'2 is a perspective view of the primary holder as employed alone;l l Figure 3 is a vertical section through a holder in use takenonthe-line 3 3 of Figure l;

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a seed rack provided with a number ofthe holders, certain of which holders are filled;

Figure 5 is a sectional detail showing the mounting of one of the legsof the holder in the back or base board; and

Figure 6 shows a modiiied form of mounting: l The'rack of the presentinvention includes a'base or back 10, side panels 12 and a rear wall 13.The back 10 in the preferred form is provided with a plurality ofapertures adapted to receive flanged sleeves or elongated eyelets 16which in turn slidably receive the legs 18 of the primary holder A.

In Figure 6 a slight modification of they mounting is disclosed, whereinsmaller aper- "tui'es 15 are provided for directly receiving said legs.

The primary holder A comprises two crossed wires bent to form the legs18 and body members 20 one of which is'looped at 21' for receiving asecuring coil-22 on the other. The joint thus formed at 21, 22 isdisposed on the outerside of the holder which thereby presents a ilatinner surface for the reception of the packets P.

The secondary holder B is formed from a single wire having' the legs`24, also entering eyelets 16, and an olfset connecting bar 25, thelatter serving as a retainer for the lower ends of the packets P whichare carried by the legs 24. The legs of both the holders A and B havetheir extremities hooked or offset at 26 to prevent complete removal ofthe holders from said eyelets 16.

VIn operation, the primary'holder A may be used independently asindicated in the bottom row of Figure 4. In this instance the packets Pare supported upon the lower legs 18 and are retained from lateralmovement by the upper legs 18 which are spaced to receive the packets.rllie weight of the holder itself and of the packets P is sufficient tocause the legs 18 to bind against the walls of the eyelets 16 andthereby retain the holder in whatever position desired, but the mountingis suiiiciently loose to permit the holder to be drawn freely outward orto be forced backward readily to hold they packets upright.

v The secondary holder may be employed tol hold in elevated position anumber of smaller packets P which will be positioned behind the larger'packets P and at the same time have their upper ends projected abovesaid packets P. Obviously, these packets may contain the same or othervarieties of seeds or other materials. Or the holders B `may be employedto position a quantity of packets of the same size as thepackets P asindicated in Figure 4, these packets also containing the same or othervarieties of materials. In the use of both forms of holder A and B thespace within the cabinet between the bacllboard 10 and the rear Wall 13will Y accommodate the ends of the legs 18 and 24 which project beyondthe eyelets 16.r Y

I Claim: *Y l Y A rack of the class described comprising a back and arear Wall spaced from the back, said back having a series ogroups ofapertures formed therethrough, a packet holder foreach group ofapertures and each packet 11) holder comprisingI a front andlegs forslidable extension through said apertures, means on said legs to preventcomplete Withdrawal of the, legs, there being a second series of groupsof apertures in said back located Within theV rst mentioned groups andan group or" aperturesof the second series havin said apertures.

A. LUTHER.

auxiliary packet holder for each of the

